Grain-elevator



(No Model.) l

B SEIDEL.

- GRAIN BLBVATOR.

No. 455,432.4 Patented 'July 7,1891.

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BENJAMIN SEIDEL, OF -COKATQ MINNESOTA.

GRAIN-ELEVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,432, dated July '7, 1891. l

Applicationrled February l0, 1891l Serial No. 380,888. (No model.)

To 1f/ZZ whom, t rnd/ly concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SEIDEL, of Cokato, Wright county, Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Grain-Elevators, of which thevfollowing is a specification. My invention relates to improvements in the construction of ordinary grain-elevators, its object being to provide means for the disf charge of the contents of thestorage-bins outside of the elevator in case of fire, whereby the grain stored therein can be saved.

To thisend my invention consists in arranginga system of chutes in the several bins extending through the outervwall Vof the elevator and providing gates in said chutes con-y nected together by a suitable mechanism, which maybe operated in time of emergency to simultaneously open all of the gates and allow the contents of all the bins to flow outthrough the chutes.

My invention lfurther consists in the construction Vand combination hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l isa partial horizontal section of an elevator through the bins thereof, showing the arrangement of my improved chutes and the operating mechanism. Fig. 2 is a detail elevation of one of the chutes and its gate operating mechanism,

showing also the connecting-rod.extending fromits cranklwheel to the next; and Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same, the walls being shown in section. Y

In the drawings, 2 2 are the grain-storage bins of the elevator, of ordinary construction. Arranged in the side walls of the bins are the chutes 4, extending through the outer wall 6 of the elevator, and secured, preferably, to the back board or frame 5, secured upon the wall. Arranged in each of these chutes is a sliding gate 8 for closing the same. This gate is operated by means of a crank-wheel 10 and connecting-pitrnan l2. The shaft 14 of one of the wheels 10 is journaled in the wall of the elevator, extending through the sam e, and

.. 1s fitted with the hand-wheel 16, by means of which the'wheel 10 may be operated by one from the outside of the structure.` The Wheel l0, which is provided with the hand-wheel 16, is connected by means of the rod 18 with the Vcorresponding.crank-Wheels of the gates of ing therefrom to the outside ot' the elevator,

sliding gates in saidv chutes, cranks and pitmen for sliding said gates, and rods connecting together said cranks, whereby all may be operated simultaneously by the turning of one of said cranks, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a grain-elevator, the combination, with its storage-bins, of dischargezchutes therein extending-through the outer wall of the elevator, sliding gates in said chutes, a crank `and pitrnan for operating one of said gates,

and suitable connections between said gate and the other gates, whereby allmay be operated simultaneously, substantially as described.

3. In a grain-elevator, the combination, with its storage-bins, of discharge-chutes extending therefrom through the wall of the elevator, gates in said chutes, a crank-wheel journaled in the wall of the elevator and connected to one of said gates, a hand-Wheel upon the-outer end of its shaft. and suitable connections between the several gates, whereby said gates are simultaneously operated by turning said hand-wheel, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of February, 1891.

- BENJAMIN SEIDEL.

In presence ofy F. B. LAMsoN, SARAH GLEAsoN. 

